LaVale MD Monthly Weather Stats - January 1995

	Max	Min	Liquid	Ice &	Special
Date	Temp	Temp	Precip	Snow	Obs
1	42	30	0.24	0.2	F,G
2	30	21	0.03	0.1	
3	30	18			
4	26	13			
5	22	6			
6	34	9	0.60	0.5	S,G
7	38	30	0.01		
8	35	27	T	T	
9	42	23			
10	35	25	0.01	0.4	
11	32	27	0.06		F,G
12	40	31	0.08		F
13	59	33			F
14	65	40	0.07		F
15	64	55	1.37		F
16	55	40			
17	42	35			
18	55	35			
19	45	41	0.03		F
20	41	30	0.59	T	F,T
21	38	28			
22	31	22	T	T	
23	33	25			
24	33	25	T	T	
25	34	23	T	T	
26	29	24	T	T	
27	39	20			
28	33	24	0.07	1.0	
29	34	14			
30	32	24			
31	42	25			
Total 	39.0	26.5	3.16	2.2	32.8 (mean temp)
Ext	65	6	1.37	1.0
Date	14	5	15	28

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS - JANUARY 1995

NO. DAYS WITH
FOG 8
SLEET 1
GLAZE 3
THUNDER 1

1: An ice storm, which began during the evening of Dec. 31, 1994, continued
   overnight with fog and light glaze continuing.  About 0.2" of ice
   accumulation.
5: Cold high 22 low 6 F.
6: Cold low 9 F.  Milder today but an icy mess of sleet and freezing rain
   during the evening hours, a half-inch of ice and 0.60" of melted precip.
10: Occasional snow showers, 0.4" fell.
11: Fog and light freezing rain.
14: Very mild high 65 F.  One degree shy of the record 66 set in 1952.
15: Very mild again high 64 and low only 55, which sets an all-time high
    minimum temperature for January.  Meanwhile, a daily precipitation record
    was also set as heavy rain fell overnight and through mid-morning 1.37"
    of rain fell (1.44" in 24 hours beginning late on the 14th).
20: Overnight rain showers and a thunderstorm about 3am, .62" of rainfall.
28: A brief period of moderate snow this evening, 1.0" fell in about an hour
    and a half.  Very late date for the first full inch of snow to fall!

MONTHLY SUMMARY

January 1995 was mild, with temperatures 3 degrees above normal.  The coldest
temperatures were observed the first week, with a couple of ice storms, then
very mild, spring-like air moved in at mid-month, accompanied by heavy rains
on the 14th-15th and an all-time monthly high min temperature of 55.  A
surprise thunderstorm was observed at 3am on the 20th.  The first full inch of
snow finally fell during the evening of the 28th, as the winter of 1994-1995
has continued its lack of snowfall.  Despite the low snow total (2.2"),
monthly precipitation was above normal with 3.16 inches.

Additional notes/records

14: High 65 just misses record of 66 in 1952
15: High 64 F.  Low 55 F sets daily record high min and also sets a new record
for highest minimum temperature in January.  Also a daily precip record 1.37".
16: Record high min 40 F
28: 1.0" snowfall.  Latest seasonal full inch of snowfall on record.